A Word of Encouragement for New Christians
It was so thrilling to see so many people who decided to trust Christ as your Savior during our Revival. The decision to invite Jesus into your life to lead you and guide you through this life is the most important decision in life and all who made that commitment should be congratulated for taking such an important step! I know that you are in for a wonderful journey. The Christian life is not without problems, but with Christ in your life and with the principles and promises of God found in the Bible, you will find all the help and hope and purpose you need.
It is our desire here at Highland Terrace to help every new believer to get off to a good start in the Christian life. We provide a number of things to make this possible such as Sunday morning Bible Study classes with books provided, weekly Worship Services, our Discovery Class, the New Member Orientation, Bibles, booklets, sermon CD’s, personal fellowship, and many other things. We want to help answer all of your questions about what it means to be a Christian.
I highly recommend a little booklet that has been read by literally millions of people and helped them take the first step of salvation. It is called “Four Spiritual Laws.” You can pick it up at the church office, or also in the Atrium. Reading this material can help to confirm in your heart and mind what happened when your made your decision to trust Christ as your Savior. Please read through page 10 and pray through the prayer on that page. This explains how a person is saved.
We have another booklet we would like to give you called “Beginning Steps: A Growth Guide for New Believers.” This great booklet is a short study you can do at home or in a group that will help you to get a basic understanding of the Christian life. It will also give you a great foundation for the rest of your life. Be sure to fill out the Spiritual Birth Certificate on page 2 and then try to work through the 2 page lesson each day until you finish all 7 lessons. If you have any questions, please feel free to call the office and we would love to assist you.
And, of course, there is no better book than the Bible, God’s Word. I encourage all new Christians to begin reading the Gospel of John in the New Testament. Just read 1 chapter each day until you read all the way through the book, and then, start over and read it again. This book was originally written to help people know and trust in our Savior. In it you will see many of Jesus’ miracles, meet his first disciples, look in on a number of his personal interviews, and hear eye witness accounts of his resurrection. You will enjoy it.
We will be announcing a special class for those who have recently made a decision to trust in Christ very soon. So please be watching for it in “The Purpose” or our weekly Worship Bulletin. In the meantime if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me personally or anyone on our church staff. They are all great Christians who enjoy helping others. We will be talking to your soon.
Be Strong In The Lord,
Bro. Kelly
The paragraphs above are a newsletter article I used after a Revival Meeting or Crusade at our church. We had more than 40 professions of faith on one night and we needed to send a new believer letter to each person with some instructions. We also needed to find a way to do follow up with them. I sent a New Believer Follow Up letter with the same basic content as above. I also used the paragraphs above as my newsletter article for our weekly newsletter, The Purpose.
We are also scheduling a New Believer Follow Up class for Wednesday evenings. We will use the “Beginning Steps: A Growth Guide for New Believers” as our follow up guide for the class. You can purchase these at the North American Mission Board website. They also have the booklet as a free pdf download and have a free powerpoint presentation that you can download and use to go through the booklet with a group. You can find it at the website below.
Feel free to use the article or letter in your own church or ministry or adapt it as needed.
We are grateful for the ministry of Evangelist Jamey Ragle (http://www.jameyragle.com/ ) and Evangelist Marc Ivey (http://www.marcivey.com/ ) for their ministry to our church during our recent Revival and would also like to recommend them to you. They are godly men with great talents, gifts, life experiences, and hearts for serving the Lord and His church. Tell them Bro. Kelly sent you.
Be Blessed Today,
Kelly
